All 3 Uses of
recite
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- Surely someone knocked unconscious in a car accident wasn't left waiting in the hall until he came to and could recite his Blue Cross group number.†
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- In fact most people today couldn't even recite the Ten Commandments.†
- The leather cover of the book was finely grained and black, worn smooth by the palms of thousands who'd recited a vow just like this one.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(recite) to say or read something aloud -- especially something previously memorized such as a poem
or:
to say in detail -- especially a list of things -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The noun form, recitation, normally refers to the act of reciting or to what was recited; however, much more rarely, it can refer to a session in which a teaching assistant reviews and expands on a teacher's lecture.